Roller-shade fixture



March 26, 1929. w BABER 1,706,511

- ROLLER- SHADE FIXTURE Filed Dec. 31, 1925 Patented Mar. 26, 1929.

WILLIAM ALBERT BABER OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.

ROLLER-SHADE FIXTURE.

Application filed December 31, 1925.

This invention relates to a fixture designed for use in connection maps and other devices and unrolled relative to like.

It is an object a supporting with roller shades, adapted to be rolled a woodroller' or the the invention to provide bracket which can be used at either end of the roller and which has a means combined th erewith whereby a cord can be utilized for rotating the roller in either direction either to wind or unwind the shade or the like thereon.

Heretofore shade rollers and the been provided with pulleys oniwhich cords have been mounted,

the pulleys by suitable means to the cords being held to produce suflicient friction to insure rotation of the roller.

Such means,

however, have not been reversible so as to be used at either end of the roller.

It is an object of provide such a mea either end of the roller,

the present invention to ns which can be used at which is simple in construction and which can be applied readily.

With the foregoing and other ob ects in view which will appear as the invention resides in the comproceeds,

bination and arrangement of the description parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it

being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of departing from the what is claimed without spirit of the invention.

In the accompanylng drawings the preferred form of the invent on has been shown.

In said drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the present inventionapplied to a shade roller,

a portion of the broken away.

roller and shade being Figure 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a view similar toFigure 3 but showing a modified construction.

Referring to the reference 1 designates a which a shade 2 or This roller is provided, asordinarily,

tending from the endsbearing pins 3. ex

figures by characters of balanced roller on the like can be. mounted. with like have Serial m. 78,626.

' like and from one side of which extends an arm-8 formed with a disk-like terminal 9 in which is provided an opening 10 constitutmg a bearing for the pin '3 as shown in Figure 4. A pulley 11 is fitted tightly on the angular portion of the pin'3 so as to rotate therewith and this pulley is provided with a marginalgroove 12 in which is-seated an operating cord 13. The cord is held within the groove of the pulley which are integral with the periphery of the pulley 11 at diametrically opposed points as shown particularly in Figure 3; A sleeve 15 is integral with the base 6 and seated therein is one end of a spring 16 the other end of which is arcuate as shown at 17 to constitute a resilient shoe adapted to bear upon between the fingers 14. This shoe exerts sufficient pressure on the cord to insure rotation of the pulley 11 when the cord is pulled in either direction. Obviously when one part of the cord is pulled the pulley will be rotated in one direction whereas when the other portion of the cord is pulled the pulley will be rotated in the opposite direction.-

When it is desired to use thisfixture at the other end of the roller, the fixture is inverted, the spring 16 is pulled out of the sleeve 15 and inserted in the other end thereof and the cord is reversed on the pul- Instead of having a removable shoe held in place frictionally as shown in Figures 3 and 4, the arm 8 can be provided with integral extensions 18 located adjacent diametrically opposed portions in the pulley 19, These extensions can be formed integral with the arm 8 and can be provided with opposed integral shoes 20. One of these shoes will always be uppermost and this uppermost shoe is the one which will engage "the cord 21 and press it upon the pulley 19 as to insure rotation of the pol the cord 13 at pointsby guard fingers 14L the disk 9 and lap be positioned under the other shoe 20.

What is claimed is: 1. A bracket for supporting one end portion of a shade roller, including an attaching base, an arm extending therefrom, a pulley adapted to engage the bearing pin of a roller and having a marginal groove, said bracket being reversible with either of two opposed portions, of the pulley uppermost, and resilient means carried by the b acket adapted to press an operating cord upon the uppermost portion of the pulley when the bracket is in either of its two positions.

2. A reversible supporting bracket for a shade roller including an attaching base, an arm extending therefrom having an opening adapted to receive the bearing pin of a roller said arm being invertible for use at either end of the roller, a pulley adapted to engage and rotate with said bearing pin and having a peripheral groove adapted to receive a depending operating cord, means extending from the arm adjacent diametrically opposed portions of the pulley adapted to hold an operating cord Within the groove,

roller, said arm being invertible for use at either end of the roller, 'a pulley for engaging and rotating'with the pin having a peripheral groove adapted to receive a de pendlng operating cord, means extending fromthe arm at diametrically opposed porv tions of the pulley adapted tohold an operating cord Within the groove, and diametri- 45 cally opposed friction shoes carried by said means adapted to engage the top portion of the cord seated in the groove when the arm is in eitherof the two positions to which it is inverted. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereunto afiixed my signa ture.

WILLIAM ALBERT BABER. 

